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are now the subject of criminal investigations. the new favourite, emmanuel macron, says he has a plan to clean up french politics. and, saddle up cowboy. the new us interior secretary arrives for the first day at the office on his horse! i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. allegations of inappropriate links between the trump campaign and russia just don t go away. today, president trump s attorney general, jeff sessions, has been accused of lying under oath after he failed to disclose to the senate that he d had two meetings with the russian ambassador during the election campaign. a growing number of senior republicans are demanding jeff sessions withdraw himself from overseeing any investigation into the administration s links with russia, while democrats are calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor and even a criminal investigation. this is how this story unfolded. mr sessions joined the trump campaign last february. injuly, he a ....
issues for the benefit and safety of the american people. by grandstanding and political sizing the investigation into russia s actions, james comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to negotiate with russia. james comey is ready to break his silence, seming an invitation to testify in open session before the senate intelligence committee at some point after memorial day. let s go now to riyadh, saudi arabia, where nbc s kristen welker is traveling with the president today. in a few minutes, president trump will officially be welcomed by the saudi royals. what will that look like? reporter: well, this is going to take place at the royal court palace. it will include the first lady and then a little bit later on the president will have a bilateral meeting with king salman. this is a day that s going to be filled with pomp and circumstance and the president will be meeting with saudi and arab leaders. his goal is to have a bit of a reset, to send the message he s n ....
bill: should he step down or not? should not. adam schiff was a staunch supporter of secretary clinton while involved in the benghazi investigation and nobody s calling on him to recuse himself. devin is the chairman of house intel whether they like it or not. what we need to do is focus on the witnesses and accessing the documents and find the facts for our fellow citizens. it should not be a bipartisan investigation. let s meet witnesses. bill: nunes has said it had nothing to do with russia. if that s not the case why not clear it up? what s his source and what information was he given on the ground of the white house? on the source i found it interesting last week parts of the main street media beat the daylights out of republicans for 12 years to successfully win the electoral college. what do you want to start with? that s a good place to take our lead. bill: does that suggest you re confused what his priority is? i ve talked to mick mulvaney more than i want ....
today. today you can sense the chant coming from the trump people. listen closely and you can pick up a slightly different rhythm right now of don t lock me up, don t lock me up! yesterday it was reported first by the wall street journal that trump s former national security adviser michael flynn, the guy saw there going after hillary, his lauer is looking to get flynn immunity in order to testify about what he knows. according to his lawyer trump s former national security adviser certainly has a story to tell. this morning president trump tweeted that mike flynn should ask for immunity in is that this is a witch hunt an excuse for a big election lost by the democrats and the media of historic proportion. at the meeting today sean spicer conexplained the president was trying to convey his desire to see flynn testify. if you actually stop for a second and realize what the president is doing he is saying do whatever to do to go up and make it clear what happened, take whate ....
we re going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. i wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the wadirector comey former director comey found out about this, the new york times account of this is just stunning. he was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. in response, mr. comey laughed. he said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. and then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. comey that he should step into a nearby office. mr. comey stopped addressing the group. he proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. at that point, he had not heard from the white house. shortly after that, rachel, after all of that, it s been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbi s headquarters just 7 blocks from ....